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Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg

1801

Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Snuff Box, England, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Netsuke depicting man with moxa on leg

1771-1800

Laennec's stethoscope

1815-1825

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay

circa 1800

Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

1760-1775

Gold lever escapement watch by John Leroux

1785

Watch in a puddingstone, gold and diamond case by John Leroux

1775-1785

Chinese celestial clockwork globe

1830

Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton

1820

Phrenological head

1821

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Rocket locomotive

1829

Remains of Little Eaton Gangway coal wagon, c 1798

1793-1803

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

1820

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Nooth's apparatus, Europe, 1774-1831

1774-1831

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Metric volumetric rule, with 0.05 to 100 litres graduations

1803-1828

Expedition Crane

1764

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

'Bell-crank' engine, c. 1799

1795-1805 (original)

Cramlington Colliery chaldron wagon, c 1826

1821-1831

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Weights and measures

1805

Dudley Adams

1796-1826

Calculating rule by Lenoir in centimetres with conversions

1800-1830

Straight spectacles

1796-1797

Transverse folding spectacles

1796-1798

Transverse folding spectacles

1790-1830

White boat shaped infant's feeding bottle

1801-1830

Child's spinal support, Europe, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Breast pump, Europe, 1771-1830

1771-1830

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

1761-1820

Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Small crucible, large broken piece missing

1790-1819

Crucible, broken, with three fragments present

1790-1819

Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine

1790-1819

One plaster mould

1790-1819

9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade

1790-1819